Apparatus for use in hand printing on fabric or paper



April 14, 1931. c. GIVAUDAN APPARATUS FOR USE IN HAND PRINTING ONFABRIG OR PAPER Filed Aug. 21, 1928 3 Sheds-Sheet 1 I w Ihvevzfor'; cZauozlus Gil/avian By M AZZorney A ril 14, 1931.

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c. GIVAUDAN 1,800,288

ARATUS FOR USE IN HAND PRINTING 0N FABRIC 0R PAPER 3 Sheets-Sheet 2 Filed Aug. 21, 1928 venlfor:

[laud L us Givauala Aria/ ne y April 14, 1931. Q-GNA UDAN 1,800,288

PRINTlfNG ON FABRIC OR PAPER APPARATUS FOR USE IN HAND Filed Aug. 21, 1928 3 Sheets-Sheet 5 In V672 Z OF Czaudluis GdvauzZan Patented Apr. 14-, 1931 res CLAUDIUE; Grveunan, or LYON, FRANCE APPARATUS FOR USE IN HAND ERINTING N FABRIC OR PAPER Application. filed August 21, 1928, Serial No. 301,031, and in France August 22, 1927.

The present invention relates to apparatus for use in hand-printing on fabric or paper.

' It is known thatthe printing of fabric or paper by hand is done by means of plates bearing the appropriate engravings, which are applied by hand to the fabric or paper .previously stretched on a table of suitable dimensions.

plates ,in order to be easily handled, must be of relatively small dimensions. The printing of apiece of fabric, or of a roll of paper, therefore necessitates a large number of applications of the plate. In order that the coloursmay be correctly disposed in relation toeach other, and that the pattern of a given coloured plate maybe correctly aligned with the patterns of the adjacent plates of the same colour, the operator must mark exactly the'position of the plate which he has in his hand, before applying it to the fabric or paper, which is an extremely delicate operation, requiring great skill and much time.

Printing machines obviously dispose of this inconvenience, but they are economical only for prints effected on large surfaces of fabric or paper. Where designs are to be printed only on. a small number of pieces of fabric, hand labour is preferable. The present invention completely disposes of the difiiculty of adjusting the positions of the plates to obtain correct register of superposed designsand proper alignment of ad ja'cent sections of the design. According to the invention a carriagacarrying the plates and movable longitudinally of the table on which rests the fabric or paper to be printed on. is adapted to engage adjustable stops 4G V tions corresponding to each transverserow of sections of which the design is made up.

Means are also provided on the carriage 1 Fig-. 21s an end view of the same.

A plate is required for each colour of the design to be applied, and the.

' 'which'arrest the carriage in successive posi- I I ing device.

Fig. 8 is a plan view ofthe same, with parts 6 in section. V Fig. 9 is a section on line IXIX (Fig. 7

Fig. 10 is a section on line XX (Fig.7).

Fig. 11 is a bottom plan view of a printing plate.

F ig. 12 is a perspective view of the same.

Fig. 13 is a plan view of a stencil frame and related parts.

Fig. 14 is a partial section on line 7 XVIXVI (Fig. 13).

F 15 is a partial section on line XVIIXVII (Fig. 14).

The table 1 (Figs. 1 and 2) one commonly used for hand printing, the fabric to be printed being fixed thereonby gluing or otherwise.

Each longitudinal side of the table is provided with a rail 2 or 3 which supporta carriage comprising a frame 4 and axles 0 carrying wheels 6 and 7. Wheels 6 are out with V-shapcd grooves in order to guide the carriage and wheels 7 are used only as support wheels resting on rail 3.

The carriageis provided with two ti'ans- 35 verse beams 8 (Figs. 1, 3 and 1) each having an axial inverted T-shaped groove 9; these beams form slides for a number of small transverse carriages 10 (Fig. 1). v

Each transverse carriage (Figs. 3. 4 and comprises a fixed member 11 which is locked in position by a bolt l 'and a nut 13. A double-pitch screw ltco'nnects mem-' ber 11 with a sliding plate 15 which supports a second sliding plate 16. Two bolts 1? pass through holes provided in plate 15 and through elongated apertures 18 provided in plate 1.6. These. bolts form guides for plates 15 and 16., plate 15 sliding transversely and plate 16 longitudinally, with respect to the table 1. Bolts 17 are provided with springs 20 and collars 21, in such a way that, by tightening the nuts 22, plates and 16 may be locked on beam 8, and that, when nuts 22 are loosened, springs act as brakes to'maintain the plates pressed onto the beam, in order to make the adjustment easier.

A double-pitch screw 23 connects plates 15 and 16 together.

Beams 8 are adjustable order that their distance will.

The plate 16 carries, by means of stays 24, a smaller plate 25 provided with a vertical pin 26 adanted to receive the lug. 27 of a printing plate 28. As shown, Figs. 4 and 5, small spring-acted pistons 29 are arranged to maintain the printing plate 28 out of contact with the fabric to be printed. lathe on the frame 4 in may be varied at drawings, the springs are represented at 30 but any form of spring-acted member could be employed. These members can also be fixedto the printing plate so as to act on plate 25.

Each printing plate 28 (Figs. 11 and 12) is of the kind commonly used in hand-printing and is inked in a manner well known in the hand-printing art, but it is provided with two side lugs27 and 31. Lug 27 has a hole 32 adapted to cooperate with a pin such as 26; lug 31 has an elongated opening 33 also adapted for cooperation with a pin 26, but

with aliberal play along the axis of the plate.

VYhen all necessary adjustments have been made, a printing plate such as 28 is placed between two opposite transverse carriages 10, as shown in Fig. 1. The pins 26 pass.

through hole 32 and opening 33, the axial play of the latter avoiding any accidental jamming. The printing plate being support ed by pistons 29, does not contact with the fabric. By giving a strong vertical blow on the printing plate it depresses the pistons 29 and contacts with the fabric, a good and welladjusted print being obtained.

The longitudinal position of the principal carriage is insured by means of stops ranged on the side of rail 2 (Figs. 2, 6 and 7). These stops are in the form of plates 34 having a central notch 35 and two inclined. uppe f edges 36, and are fixed. by means of bolts 37. to a beam 38 provided with an axial T-shaped groove 39, this beam 38 being fixed on the side of rail 2.

The frame 4 of the principal carriage is provided with a vertically movable key 40, loaded by a spring 41 (Figs. 7, 8 and 9) and adapted to cooperate with the notches 35. When the carriage is moved, the key 40 is raised by one of edges 36 and is pushed by spring 41 into a notch 35. he carriage is then locked in position. By raising key 40 (by means of a knob 42) the carriage is freed and may be moved to another position.

Some fabrics are very easily and unequally affected by moisture and it happens that the central portions of a piece of fabric stretched on a printing table are displaced by several centimeters during an operation.

In order to correct these displacements without re-adjusting the stops 34, the key 40 is not fixed to the frame 4, but to a carriage 43 which is slidable on frame 4. This carriage is U-shaped and is closed by a back plate 44. Elongated openings (not shown) are of course provided for key 40 in the frame 4. Carriage 43 is controlled by a double-pitch screw 45, screwed in a. nut 46 fixed to plate 44 and in a nut 47 fixed .to frame 4. The head 48 of screw is provided with graduations cooperating with a pointer 49 fixed to frame 4, as it is well-known in micrometric devices.

The adjustment of the transverse carriages 10 is easily obtained by means of a sheet of transparent material, for example celluloid on which the pattern and its axes are' repro duced. The pattern and its axes are also reproduced on a sheet of paper whichis fixed on table 1 and which is wide enough to cover the width of the fabric to be printed and at least twice as long as the useful length of a printing plate. The sheet of transparent material is fixed onto a printing plate and the plate is placed in position on the machine, the

carriages 10 being adjusted until the axes drawn on the sheet ofcelluloid exactly cover the axes drawnon the sheet of paper. All the carriages 10 may thus be correctly adjusted. i

The last adjustment to be made is that of stops 34. It may easily be performed with the same sheet of celluloid fixed on a printing plate. The principal carriage is moved until the transverse axis of the celluloid exactly covers another transverse axis of the sheet of paper. The corresponding stop 34 is thus adjusted. -The adjustment of the other ones is done by means of a gauge comprising a threaded rod 58 (Fig. 6) and two disks 59 adjustable on it by means of nuts 60. This I gauge is adjusted in such a Way that disks 59 simultaneously engage the notches 35 of the two first stops 34. It will be readily understood that such a gauge permitsthe adjustment of the third stop from the second'one, of the fourth stop from the third one, etc.

Of course, the printing plate employed for the adjustment may be a special plate having the'same dimensions asth'e printing plates to be used, but not engraved.

The machine, thus adj ust-ed, permits an unskilled worker to perform any printing work with any number of dyes.

The machine may also be used for printing by means of stencils (Figs. 13, 14 and 15).

The stencil 61 is fixed to a frame 62 as usual. This frame is provided with four lugs 63 forming its corners and with a fifth one 64 on one of its edges. It is placed between beams 8 on the principal carriage of the machine and three transverse carriages 10 are used for its adjustment, two of which cooperate with two lugs 63 and the third one with lug 64. As in the case of printing plates, one

lug is provided with a hole corresponding l/Vhen strings 67 are adjusted, by turning I shafts 65 for a quarter or half a turn, frame 62-may be raised to the desired height.

The adjustment of strings 67 is insured byloosening pulleys 66 on shafts 65 and locking them again at the desired position. This is done by means of split collars 72 which are integral with pulleys 66. I

I Fig. 14 shows the usual dye scraper 73;

The pins employed on carriages 10 are preferably higher than those used f0r printing plates. Fig. 4 shows in dash-and-dot lines such a pin 26, which permits the stencil frame to be positively raised without its lugs being disengaged from the pins.

Strings 67 are preferably attached to lugs 63 by means of hooks or the like to permit the stencil frame to be easily removed when necessary. I

Of course, four carriages 10 could equally well be used, each one cooperating with a lug .I claim: c

1. An apparatus for use in printing on fabrics and the like by means of hand-opern ated devices such as printing-plates or stencils, comprising a table on which the fabric or the like to be printed is stretched; a carriage movable longitudinally of said table,

.sa-id' carriage being provided ,with means whereby the hand-operated printing devices may be correctly adjusted in a transverse direction over said table; and a plurality of adjustable means for locking said carriage in a number of different positions, whereby said hand-operated printing devices may be correctly adjusted in longitudinal direction.

2. An apparatus for use in printing on fabrics and the like by means of hand-operated devices such as printing plates or stencils, comprisinga table on which the fabric or the like to be printed is stretched; a carriage movable longitudinally of said table, said carriage being provided with meansw'hereby the hand-operated printing devices maybe correctly adjusted'in a transverse direction over said table; locking means adjustable along' said table; means supported by said carriage and adapted to cooperate with said locking means and means whereby said CLII12tgBS11P ported means maybe adjustedwith respect to said carriage.

3. An apparatus for use in printing jon fabrics and the like by means of hand-operated devices such as printing plates or stencils, comprising a table on which the fabric or the like to be printed is stretched; rails" fixed on each side of said table longitudinally of the same; a carriage movable on said rails; means supported by said :carriage whereby the hand-operatedprinting devices may be correctly adjustedin a transverse direction over said table; locking means adjustable along one side of said table; means supported by said carriage and adapted to cooperate with said locking means; and means whereby said second-mentioned carriagesuppo'rted means may be adjusted with'respect to said carriage.

4-. An apparatus for use in printing on fabrics and the like by means of hand-oper- I 'ated devices such as printing plates or stencils, comprising a table on which-the fabric or the like to be printed is stretched; rails fixed on each side of said table longitudinally of the same; a carriage movable on said rails; means supported by said carriage whereby the hand-operated printing devices may be cor-.

rectly adjusted in atransverse direction over said table; a plurality of stops adjustable along one side of said table, each'compri'sing a central notch; a movable key supported by said carriage and adapted tocooperate with the notches of said stops for locking said carriage hand-operated means I whereby said movable key may be disengaged from said notches; and means whereby said movable keyv may be adjusted in a longitudinal direction with respect to said carriage.

5. An apparatus for use 111 printing on fabrics and the like by means of hand-op-' erated devices such as printing plates or stencils, comprising a table on which the fabric or the like to be printed is stretched; rails fixed on each side of said table longitudinally of the same; a carriage movable on said rails; means supported by said carriagewhereby the hand-operated prin ting'devices may be correctly adjusted in a transverse direction over said table; a plurality of stops adjustable along one side of said table, each coinprising a central notch; an auxiliary carriage longitudinally slidable over said first-mentioned carriage, means whereby said auxiliary carriage may be adjusted in position on said first-mentioned carriage; a movable key supported by said auxiliary carriage and adapted to cooperate with the notches of said stopsfor locking said carriage; and handoperated means whereby said movable key may be disengaged from said notches] tus foruse in rinting-mi fabrics and the like by means of hand-oper- 7 said table and adapted to lock said carriage in a number of different positions; two sets of transversely adjustable carriages supported bylsaid first mentioned carriage over said table; and means supported by said transversely adjustable carriages whereby a hand-operated printing device may be adjusted in a transverse position with respect to said tableby means of at least one carriage of each one of said sets.

7. An apparatus for use in printingon fabrics andthe like by means of hand-open ated devices such as printing plates or stencils, comprising a table on which the fabric or the like to be printed is stretched; a carriagemovable longitudinally of said table; a plurality of adjustable means supported by said table and adapted to lock said carriage in anumber of different positions; two sets of carriages transversely adjustable on said first-mentioned carriage and supported by the same over said table; and means transversely and longitudinally adjustable on said second-mentioned carriages whereby a hand-operated printing device may be adjusted in a transverse position with respect to said table, by means of at least one carriage of each one of said sets.

8. An apparatus for use 111 printing on fabrics and the like by means of hand-operated devices such as printing plates or sten-' cils, comprising a table on which the fabric or the like to be printed is stretched; a carriage movable longitudinally of said table; a plurality of adjustable means supported by said table and adapted to lock said carriage in a number of different positions; and twosets of transversely adjustable carriages supported by said first-mentioned carriage over said'table, each one comprising a block transversely adjustable on said first-mentioned carriage, a first plate transversely slidable on said first-mentioned carriage, a

double pitchscrew adapted to control the distance between said plate and said block, a second plate longitudinally slidable on said first plate, and a second double-pitch screw adapted to control the longitudinal position of said second plate with respect to said first plate, and means supported by said second plate whereby a hand-operated printing device may be adjusted by means of at least one plurality of adjustable means supported by said table and adapted to lock said carriage in a number of different positions; two sets of carriages transversely adjustable on said first-mentioned carriage and supported by the same over said table; pins on said secondmentioned carriages; and perforated lugs provided on said hand-operated devices, said perforated lugs being'adapted to cooperate with said pins, whereby a hand-operated printing device may be adjusted in a transverse position with respect to said table by means of at least one carriage of each one of said sets; 7 l

10. An apparatus foruse in printing on fabrics or the like by means of hand-operated devices such as printing plates or stencils, comprising a table on which the fabric or the like to be printed is stretched; a carriage movable longitudinally of said table; a plurality of adjustable means supported by said table and adapted to lock said carriage in a number of different positions; means supported by said carriage whereby the handoperated printing devices may be correctly adjusted in a transverse position over said table; and hand-operated means for raising said hand-operated printing devices to a desired height above said table.

11. An apparatus for use'in printing on fabrics and the like by means of hand-operated devices such as printing plates or stencils, comprising a table on which the fabric or thelike to be printed is stretched; a carriage movable longitudinally of said table, a plurality of adjustable means supported by said table and adapted to lock said carriage in a number of different positions; means supported by said carriage whereby the handoperated printing devices may be correctly adjusted in a transverse position over said table; rotatable shafts supported by said carriage; pulleys keyed on said shafts; strings fixed by one end to the hand-operated printing devices and by the other end to said pulleys; and means for rotating said shafts by hand to raise said hand-operated printing devices.

12. An apparatus for use in printing on fabrics and the like by means ofhand-operated devices such as printing plates or stenc1ls, comprising a table on which the fabric or the like to be printed is stretched; a carriage mpvable longitudinally of said table; a plurality of adjustable means supported by said tableand adapted to lock said carriage in a number of diflerent positions; means supported by said carriage whereby the handoperated printing devices may be correctly adjusted in a transverse direction over said table; and spring means adapted to maintain said hand-operated printing devices out of contact with the surface to be printed until ghey are pressed by hand against said surace.

13. In apparatus as claimed in claim 3, a

wheeled carriage comprising guiding and supporting wheels rolling on one carriagesupporting rail and supporting wheels rolling on the other one.

14. In apparatus as claimed in claim 4, a gauge for permitting the adjustment of the carriage-locking stops, said gauge comprising a threaded rod; two disks thereon, said disks being intended to cooperate with the notches of two successivestops; and nuts for lockingsaid disks in position on said rod when required.

15. In apparatus as claimed in claim 7 a carriage movable longitudinally of the table and supporting two transverse beams, longitudinally adjustable on said carriage, each one being intended to support a set of transversely adjustable carriages.

16. In apparatus as claimed in claim 8, means adapted to lock in position the two plates of a transversely adjustable carriage, I

these means including springs pressing said plates on the principal carriage in order to permit an easy adjustment of said plates.

17. In apparatus as claimed in claim 11, pulleys angularly adjustable on their shafts in order to permit the adjustment of the printing-device raising means.

18. In apparatus as claimed in claim 11, a polygonal member keyed on each shaft; a finger adapted to contact with said member; and spring means pressing said finger against said member in order to maintain the shaft at a definite angular position.

19. In apparatus as claimed in claim 9, a set of perforated lugs for each printing device, said set comprising one lug having a hole of the diameter of the pin with which it is intended to cooperate, and the other lug being provided with an elongated aperture within which the cooperating pin has a liberal rectilinear play.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature.

CLAUDIUS GIVAUDAN. 

